VKTechnic

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    Another day of progress, albeit a little slower today. Slow day by VKTechnic, on Flickr Started today's livestream with cable management, and finally got all the cables in order with the addition of a manual light switch. Then came the rough bodywork, and I finished the day with a rough hood, dashboard, and trunk: Slow day by VKTechnic, on Flickr The rear is missing two of these (in a fairly obvious spot), but that won't be for long. Slow day by VKTechnic, on Flickr Won't be making much more progress this weekend, but next week the livestreams will continue!
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    Nope, a friend's
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    I've used a couple of those pieces already, as well as these: As for why the axles are blue, here's a picture of the XTerra I'm modeling:
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    Today's livestream showed some serious progress! Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Started off today by reinforcing the front end and building a skidplate. After building the axles in blue, looks like I'm out of 9L liftarms in that color, so time to order some more! Once the front end was done, I made a jig for the rollcage, which needed to be 22 studs wide on the bottom, and 15 on the top. A bit of fiddling later, and the rollcage took shape: Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr With the rollcage done, I moved to the rear of the car. Chassis got some much needed reinforcement before the tire carrier could be attached, and I relocated the receivers in the process. Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Ended the livestream with a rattled brain. Since the chassis is an odd width and the rollcage is an even width (with doors on the outside of it), I need to figure out a good way to mate the two together. In the meantime, the only two attachment points are in the rear, behind the tire carrier and (nonexistent) trunk. Livestream 2 Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr I'll need to sleep on the rollcage mounting problem, and I'll hopefully have an answer by the start of tomorrow's livestream. In the meantime, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the progress so far!
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    Probably in the Scale Models section, since there isn't a Technic section.
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    Doesn't look like a lot, but I livestreamed on my Facebook page today and made some good progress. Progress! by VKTechnic, on Flickr In 5 hours or so, I rebuilt the front end a few times to get the winch installed and working, reinforced the transfer case, and got the majority of the bumper assembled. Going to be livestreaming again tomorrow, goal for tomorrow is to finish the front bumper, rough in the rear tire carrier, and start work on the roll cage that the rest of the body will attach to (the bodywork will be removable, so the structure holding the bodywork together will resemble a roll cage). Figured I should also mention that there's a looming deadline for this project. I'm planning on attending Bricks By The Bay (August 4-6), so this model needs to be done by the end of the month. A lot of work ahead!
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    No way, that's too cool
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    Awesome work as usual! I did a similar suspension setup a while back (also on a Jeep Wrangler, coincidentally), but I used geared turntables instead of links to do it. IMO one of the most responsive and simplest ways to do an off-road suspension, although not realistic at all. Also, love the way you secured the body with the runners. Might use that on my Nissan X-Terra
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    Why me?
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    Brilliant!
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    Live Update! by VKTechnic, on Flickr Tried doing a live update on my Facebook page, go check it out and let me know what you think!
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    Love the styling, not something you see often done in LEGO.
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    Still WIP, update coming soon.
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    Been following this build on Flickr for a while, it's amazing how much you're squeezing into a tight space. Can't wait to see it start to take shape with real bricks!
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    [TC11] THUMPER

    VKTechnic replied to heyitsdisty's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling

    I love the character that the Bionicle pieces give this bot. One of my favorite entries so far solely on aesthetics, nice work
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    Could shave down that 1x2 Technic brick?
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    Wow, a lot of intricate shapes that you captured beautifully. Nice work!
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    Got two, haven't used them in ages...
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    Great job on the iconic frame, can tell it's an Ariel just by looking at that.
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    There's an LDD file in this Brickshelf folder, that's all I have I think.
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    4-link axles are especially big, yeah. The crawling performance makes up for it though
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    @TechnicRCRacer This should answer your question
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    I know I said I'd have an update by the end of last week, but I really wanted to have a rolling chassis done before I posted something. Once I had a rolling chassis, I wanted to get the gearbox motorized, and before long I was mounting all the motors. And here I am now... XTerra Chassis! by VKTechnic, on Flickr All the motors (2 XL-motors and 6 M-motors) are mounted, hooked up, tested, and functional. This chassis drives, steers, shifts, locks diffs, and spins a winch motor. XTerra Chassis! by VKTechnic, on Flickr The one thing it doesn't do yet is crawl, and that's because the 16t gear that drives the diff is skipping. I've already got a solution in mind, should be a fairly quick fix. After that, it'll be time to work on the body. I'm going to (try to) do what I did on the Subarute and make the main pillars structural. One thing I'm unsure of is whether to include opening doors/hood/trunk, especially given that there really isn't room for an interior (I'll probably make the tops of the seats so at least something's visible through the windows). Let me know what you guys think so far!
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    The dimensions were based off a blueprint, so yes the real car had roughly the same proportions. The prototype rear shocks did fall apart, but my final ones were much better made:
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    Maybe something like the "seed part" in Iron Builder? Something commonly found but not often used so it's easy to participate? Maybe something like the "seed part" in Iron Builder? Something commonly found but not often used so it's easy to participate? Ditto on the part limit contest. That, or a size limit would be a lot of fun.